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i'm an intern with young america's foundation. young america's foundation is the premier organization that educates students on the principle of limited government, individual liberty, a strong national defense, and traditional values. for more information, please call our telephone number. or visit our web site. what did barack obama and ann coulter have in common? [laughter] nothing, thank god. [applause] ann coulter is now the author of seven "new york times was " a best-selling books, and i am sure there will be many more to come. she graduated with honors from cornell university, and no, mr. alderman, not the same school you attended. [applause] she then went on to practice law in new york city and even work for the senate judiciary committee. the conservative movement is so lucky that have an intelligent, articulate, and not to mention extremely good-looking woman fighting alongside of us. [applause] she is also on one who truly needs no introduction. with that being said, i will turn the microphone over to the person you ha
i'm an intern with young america's foundation. young america's foundation is the premier organization that educates students on the principle of limited government, individual liberty, a strong national defense, and traditional values. for more information, please call our telephone number. or visit our web site. what did barack obama and ann coulter have in common? [laughter] nothing, thank god. [applause] ann coulter is now the author of seven "new york times was " a best-selling...
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it is not a future i want for the united states of america. new hampshire, i was up here campaigning along time. [laughter] a lot of you guys came to my town hall events and some of you voted for me as some of you didn't. here is one thing i have to say -- i never said this would be easy. and never said change would be easy. if it were easy, it would have already been done. change is hard. it does not start in washington. it begins in places like portsmouth with people like lowry, who have the courage to share their stories and fight for something better. that is what we need to do right now and i need your help. if you want a health care system that works for the american people, as well support for the insurance companies, i need your help. knocking on doors, talking to neighbors, spread the facts, let's get this done. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you. i remember that. a buddy have a seat. this is the fun part. first of all, by the way, let's back the ban. i did not to the band over here. thank you,
it is not a future i want for the united states of america. new hampshire, i was up here campaigning along time. [laughter] a lot of you guys came to my town hall events and some of you voted for me as some of you didn't. here is one thing i have to say -- i never said this would be easy. and never said change would be easy. if it were easy, it would have already been done. change is hard. it does not start in washington. it begins in places like portsmouth with people like lowry, who have the...
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he is a man that has never been proud of america. in his book he surrounded himself with the most radical communists. his attorney general is not going to prosecute the black panthers to threaten white voters. host: how do you respond to that? guest: i disagree that he surrounded himself with communists and radicals. there is no evidence of that. certainly there are differences of opinion about the agenda he is pushing. there are many people, goods are republicans especially, who think it is way too much government. in some ways some of what he has done is an extension of what george w. bush was doing. the bank bailouts were started under the bush administration and everyone agreed with the stimulus package. there arare disagreements about the size and composition, but there's no question that the combination of dealing with issues he inherited and pushing a big agenda has put forward the idea that there is a lot more government in people's lives in this administration, more than people anticipated. host: he brought in his poll ratin
he is a man that has never been proud of america. in his book he surrounded himself with the most radical communists. his attorney general is not going to prosecute the black panthers to threaten white voters. host: how do you respond to that? guest: i disagree that he surrounded himself with communists and radicals. there is no evidence of that. certainly there are differences of opinion about the agenda he is pushing. there are many people, goods are republicans especially, who think it is...
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this is c-span, public affairs programming courtesy of america's cable companies. next we will show you bbc's "the record," looking at the last year in parliament. we also listened to the ceo of godfather's pizza talking about a conservative values. tomorrow on c-span, a live joint news prompt -- conference with president obama, mexican president calderon, and canadian prime minister harper. it will in crude immigration, border security, trade, and the h1n1 flu virus. monday, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on transparency as well as expanding broadcast during -- expanding broadband. "the commissioners"2 on ". -- on c-span2. >> welcome to "the record review." mp's reputation seemed to an all-time low. the commons speaker is forced out over his handling of row the up. and find out how an actor and a group of soldiers took on the government and one. the expensing the scandal. >> the first installment of allegations from a leaked copy of receipts dating back to 2004. over the following days, more and more allegations were made. the conservatives and his wi
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in case of america, a social transition as the country becomes more and more of a minority dominated country which is causing some interesting fissions. obviously, we are in transition around the world of american foreign policy tries to redefine itself in the middle east once again and tries to remake itself. >> how long have you been writing your 1500 word column? >> that is a good question. i am guessing about 10 years. maybe even longer i am terrible about dates. >> 1999, i guess that works out to 10 years. you have been in politics for 15 years? >> wright, i have been in the op ed and page of the times since 1994. >> not many people write one column week. how your project? >> it is completely different from doing the twice a week column that is twice that size. it has got to sustain itself as an essay to hold people and i would say that the biggest thing about how i approach it is to construct it as a narrative. even before having an argument for one thing or another, i like to tell a story. it may come out of my theater background. i like to find a topic that lends itself to ha
in case of america, a social transition as the country becomes more and more of a minority dominated country which is causing some interesting fissions. obviously, we are in transition around the world of american foreign policy tries to redefine itself in the middle east once again and tries to remake itself. >> how long have you been writing your 1500 word column? >> that is a good question. i am guessing about 10 years. maybe even longer i am terrible about dates. >> 1999,...
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eastern on america and the courts. coming this fall, enter the home to america's highest court, the supreme court. >> now, author and columnist ann coulter. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. a>> first off, i want to welcome our viewers. my name is lauren, i am an intern with young america's foundation. it is a premier organization that educates students of the principles of limited government, individual liberty, a strong national defense, and traditional values. for more information, call 1800-usa-1776, or visit our web site at www.yaf.org. what do barack obama and ann coulter have in common? nothing, thank god. what do barack obama and ann coulter have in common? nothing, thank god. ann coulter is now the author of seven new york times best selling books. i am sure there'll be more to come. she is a connecticut native and graduated with honors from cornell university. and no, mr. olbermann, not the same school you attended. she went on to practice law in new york city and worked for the senate judiciary committe
eastern on america and the courts. coming this fall, enter the home to america's highest court, the supreme court. >> now, author and columnist ann coulter. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. a>> first off, i want to welcome our viewers. my name is lauren, i am an intern with young america's foundation. it is a premier organization that educates students of the principles of limited government, individual liberty, a strong national defense, and traditional values. for more...
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america is a different place today. we don't have time for these divisions over race or gender or sexual orientation or anything else. we know that we live in an interdependent country an interdependent world. everybody knows that one major significance of president obama postelection is that he is the first african-american president and people a certain age like me who are southerners, that is a big deal. it lifts an awful burden of history of our president and enables every parent in america to tell every child that you could live up to your god-given potential. that is important. [applause] but for your purposes, the second element of significance of the obama election may be even more important, particularly for those who are yogurt, for your future. this is the first presidential election to occur in a country that is self consciously humanitarian. that is not always more liberal on the issues but understanding that we will rise or fall together. we don't have time for these phony divisions. we don't have time to
america is a different place today. we don't have time for these divisions over race or gender or sexual orientation or anything else. we know that we live in an interdependent country an interdependent world. everybody knows that one major significance of president obama postelection is that he is the first african-american president and people a certain age like me who are southerners, that is a big deal. it lifts an awful burden of history of our president and enables every parent in america...
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"ethnic america." our foremost black intellectual examine some of the ethnic groups, jewish, irish, african- american, that make america and suggests why some have had a greater impact than others. let me be clear about one thing. a book is a book is a book. it is not a step or a scrap or fragment. a book contains thousands of words, hundreds of pages, which permit the author to thoroughly developed his ideas and arguments were characters in a novel. it does not have to be printed on paper. audio books prove that. our like to say a few complimentary words about the kindle, the electronic reader. the candle is about the size of a book. it weighs less than a pound. it can hold more than 200 books and offers access to several hundred thousand titles at about $10 a pop. i must confess, i prefer the printed and bound book. there is something tactile and titillating about holding a book in your hands like holding your wife in your arms. successful breedinreading requis three things, sense of self discipline,
"ethnic america." our foremost black intellectual examine some of the ethnic groups, jewish, irish, african- american, that make america and suggests why some have had a greater impact than others. let me be clear about one thing. a book is a book is a book. it is not a step or a scrap or fragment. a book contains thousands of words, hundreds of pages, which permit the author to thoroughly developed his ideas and arguments were characters in a novel. it does not have to be printed on...
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he is a man that has never been proud of america. in his book he surrounded himself with the most radical communists. his attorney general is not going to prosecute the black panthers to threaten white voters. host: how do you respond to that? guest: i disagree that he surrounded himself with communists and radicals. there is no evidence of that. certainly there are differences of opinion about the agenda he is pushing. there are many people, goods are republicans especially, who think it is way too much government. in some ways some of what he has done is an extension of what george w. bush was doing. the bank bailouts were started under the bush administration and everyone agreed with the stimulus package. there arare disagreements about the size and composition, but there's no question that the combination of dealing with issues he inherited and pushing a big agenda has put forward the idea that there is a lot more government in people's lives in this administration, more than people anticipated. host: he brought in his poll ratin
he is a man that has never been proud of america. in his book he surrounded himself with the most radical communists. his attorney general is not going to prosecute the black panthers to threaten white voters. host: how do you respond to that? guest: i disagree that he surrounded himself with communists and radicals. there is no evidence of that. certainly there are differences of opinion about the agenda he is pushing. there are many people, goods are republicans especially, who think it is...
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uncompensated care in america costs $43 billion. you and i pay that. we paid in higher premiums and billing. i want to address the 47 million and that do not have health care coverage to bring them into the system. if that can help lower costs by having risk pool. i want to have a meaningful basket of health care reform. let's start with medicare. i want to close the doughnut hole on prescription drugs. i want to make sure all of our seniors have access to the medications they need and that nobody in america over 55 or 65 have to make a terrible decision of buying the mill or drugs. there are some judge -- drugs that cost a lot of money. i want to make catastrophic illness does not bankrupt families. in our district along, last year, 1430 families filed for bankruptcy because of health care costs. any family in america, young or old, could be one accident away from catastrophic health-care costs. capping costs so that no family is forced to be in a position i think is an important reform. portability. that is important. preventing insurers from cherry
uncompensated care in america costs $43 billion. you and i pay that. we paid in higher premiums and billing. i want to address the 47 million and that do not have health care coverage to bring them into the system. if that can help lower costs by having risk pool. i want to have a meaningful basket of health care reform. let's start with medicare. i want to close the doughnut hole on prescription drugs. i want to make sure all of our seniors have access to the medications they need and that...
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i recall for you america -- all bomb was inside into what america as you in return. banks are warranted but not nearly enough. my friends, you have served our country and fought to preserve our liberties. now is the time for your nation to help you. u.s. current health care and the other benefits that you were promised. this much is very clear. what all of us understand is that america has a long way to go before we can mark our promise to you paid in full. we must do better and we can do better, and i think our president and congress are saying that we will do better. our nation's honor and security are at stake. this is the main reason that i returned to you this afternoon. i wanted to report on some progress that we are making in washington and we're keeping our promises to you. many of the things that we have worked on actually came out of meetings and concerns that you have had an request to me, request that you have had in the past. it is my job to take those concerns back to the congress and be a voice. it is not enough for you just to hear from me. i need to
i recall for you america -- all bomb was inside into what america as you in return. banks are warranted but not nearly enough. my friends, you have served our country and fought to preserve our liberties. now is the time for your nation to help you. u.s. current health care and the other benefits that you were promised. this much is very clear. what all of us understand is that america has a long way to go before we can mark our promise to you paid in full. we must do better and we can do...
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america was built for prosperity. this is the thing people don't remember, a lot of people don't think about. some people just flat out deny. america was built for prosperity. people will tell you that american prosperity was an accident of history and geography. we just happened to land on a continent with a lot of natural resources. we just happened to know how to use them. we just happened to build a country, a mightity arsenal that defended democracy around the world almost a century and it was all an accident. that is absolutely not true. we people. and they talked about rights. and i want to get back to this. i will get back to this. one of the things that i find to be a hair-raising experience, fig ratively speaking, of course is the idea and you hear this from the left and hear it sometimes from people on our side of the aisle, will talk about health care as a right. people have a right to health care. it sounds good. people don't want to see people denied health care. but it is a fundamentally flawed argument
america was built for prosperity. this is the thing people don't remember, a lot of people don't think about. some people just flat out deny. america was built for prosperity. people will tell you that american prosperity was an accident of history and geography. we just happened to land on a continent with a lot of natural resources. we just happened to know how to use them. we just happened to build a country, a mightity arsenal that defended democracy around the world almost a century and it...
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i guarantee you somewhere in america this has happened. these other kinds of calls that i am getting. i disagree with you about a harbour police. there was an incident in harvard and we talk about it with a harvard police were they stopped a young teenager who was taking a walk off of his bike and harvard police pulled a gun on him and made him show identification. he had to pull out a library card to show that he lived in cambridge while the guns were drawn on him. that was the harbour police. -- teh harvarhe harvard police. cambridge police used to train their officers that people who were reduced to eating cayenne papeepper were immune to pepper spray. the police officers in cambridge were taught this in training. we have a real problem here. the good thing that has happened here is we now have it on the surface. we should honestly look at it and discuss it to prevent these kinds of things from happening, whether it is someone with the prestige of the harvard professor who happens to be one of the most 25 influential people in the count
i guarantee you somewhere in america this has happened. these other kinds of calls that i am getting. i disagree with you about a harbour police. there was an incident in harvard and we talk about it with a harvard police were they stopped a young teenager who was taking a walk off of his bike and harvard police pulled a gun on him and made him show identification. he had to pull out a library card to show that he lived in cambridge while the guns were drawn on him. that was the harbour police....
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eastern on "america and the courts." coming this fall, into the home to america's highest court, the supreme court. all this month, revisit the bears and festivals we cover this year on c-span to's book tv. this weekend, panels from the key west literary seminar and the annapolis boat festival. >> of next, a look at the latest unemployment figures. keith hall is that commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics. he reports on the month of july. this hearing is one hour 20 minutes. improvement this morning's employment report reminds us of the high toll that the recession has had on millions of working americans. this recession, which began in december 2007 is now the longest and deepest in the post world war ii period. although the economy is predicted to expand later this year, the duration of this recession has led to long spells of unemployment for some workers. with six unemployed workers, where each job opening, those out of work find it increasingly difficult to find a job. more than one-third of the unemployed,
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for america he was the defender of a dream. i spoke earlier this morning to senator kennedy's beloved wife vicki who was to the end such a wonderful source of encouragement and strength. our thoughts and prayers are with her, his children kara, edward, and patrick, and step- children curran and caroline, the entire kennedy family, decades' worth of staff, the people of massachusetts, and all americans who, like us, loved ted kennedy. >> vice president joe biden also talked about senator kennedy today. he was at an energy department event. this is about 10 minutes. >> mr. secretary, thank you and your staff for the privilege of being here today on what was to be a joyous occasion and having to talk about energy independence. you said the president made a wise choice. the wisest choice he made was to rescue to be the secretary of the department of energy -- was to ask you to be the secretary of the department of energy. you have taken on a roll that is going to be determining the success of the next three and a half years, whethe
for america he was the defender of a dream. i spoke earlier this morning to senator kennedy's beloved wife vicki who was to the end such a wonderful source of encouragement and strength. our thoughts and prayers are with her, his children kara, edward, and patrick, and step- children curran and caroline, the entire kennedy family, decades' worth of staff, the people of massachusetts, and all americans who, like us, loved ted kennedy. >> vice president joe biden also talked about senator...
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that's america. that's america. [applause] >> the liberal, on the other hand, sacrifices the value of the individual for what they call the common good, for the state, for the collectivist good, in their minds. and they truly believe that they can plan better for us than we can, that we as individuals aren't smart enough to make those millions of decisions every day for what is best for us, consumption and health care. they can do a better job. they can plan better forever sing contingency from birth, through life to death. and we see right now in this massive radical legislation, the most sweeping radical collective legislation in decades, if not in the history of the country that could alter the course of america's future. and you've heard about the health care bill and cap and trade the two biggest sweeping changes. and those cleck i havist liberals believe they can sit and plan every possible contingency for your health care, for your whom and dad's health care. they know it all, better than we can. and it took
that's america. that's america. [applause] >> the liberal, on the other hand, sacrifices the value of the individual for what they call the common good, for the state, for the collectivist good, in their minds. and they truly believe that they can plan better for us than we can, that we as individuals aren't smart enough to make those millions of decisions every day for what is best for us, consumption and health care. they can do a better job. they can plan better forever sing...
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the notorious "buy america" language. i won't say too much about this since i know that at least one of my colleagues is going to address -- on the panel is going to address this but let me just offer one corrective to a common interpretation of that episode. in the common telling, congress began foaming at the mouth and slabbering about protectionism. president obama then calmly and cooled reined congress back in by supporting an amendment requiring us to honor our international obligations. the problem with this version is that five days before the president made his position clear, his vice president had spoken on the issue on cnbc. and vice president biden said, i don't think there's anything that's anticompetitive or antitrade in saying when we're stimulating the u.s. economy, the purpose is to create u.s. jobs. i don't view that as some as the pure free traders view it, as protectionism. i think it's important to have buy america provisions. vice president omitted honoring w.t.o. or nafta. that came later. president
the notorious "buy america" language. i won't say too much about this since i know that at least one of my colleagues is going to address -- on the panel is going to address this but let me just offer one corrective to a common interpretation of that episode. in the common telling, congress began foaming at the mouth and slabbering about protectionism. president obama then calmly and cooled reined congress back in by supporting an amendment requiring us to honor our international...
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she wrote three topics on healthcare in america and the legislation. when she was on my show, one of the things that impressed me so much was she has not only read the 1018 page legislation, she has read it twice. i said, you poor thing. she has read it twice. she was able to tell you pages where you find the treaty language that does, in fact, lead to socialized medicine and lead to rationing and leads to end of life counseling, and leads to destroying the health insurance industry, and on and on. that is another source i would highly recommend it to you so that you can be armed with the facts. one gentleman was asking about the town hall meetings coming up. find one but near you and attend in your congressional district. i spoke at the las vegas tea party last april 15. i have spoken at a number of key parties in atlanta and around atlanta. the administration and the liberals want to try to marginalize the people who are upset and frustrated. they want to try to marginalize folks for exercising their they want to ignore it. and the thing about trying
she wrote three topics on healthcare in america and the legislation. when she was on my show, one of the things that impressed me so much was she has not only read the 1018 page legislation, she has read it twice. i said, you poor thing. she has read it twice. she was able to tell you pages where you find the treaty language that does, in fact, lead to socialized medicine and lead to rationing and leads to end of life counseling, and leads to destroying the health insurance industry, and on and...
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we must educate america. we must take america back. thank you very much. . . >> after the 2008 election, our friends on the left had some helpful advice for us. move to the left. it was similar to the advice after goldwater lost, after clinton won in 1992. the other team cheerfully advises us to stop talking about taxes, nobody cares about taxes and more. that reminds me of the scene late in committee were the bad guys as to the heroine, put down a gun and we will talk. [laughter] and that the hair -- and if the hero is a foolish, the movie goes on for 45 more minutes. [unintelligible] our coalition holds together because everybody here and everybody in washington, who becomes a tea party activists, are there around the table, for different reasons but they are all there because on the issue that news there but and that brings them to politics, they want one thing from the federal government, they want to be left alone. [applause] taxpayers, don't raise my taxes. businessmen and women, don't regulate my job in business out of existence
we must educate america. we must take america back. thank you very much. . . >> after the 2008 election, our friends on the left had some helpful advice for us. move to the left. it was similar to the advice after goldwater lost, after clinton won in 1992. the other team cheerfully advises us to stop talking about taxes, nobody cares about taxes and more. that reminds me of the scene late in committee were the bad guys as to the heroine, put down a gun and we will talk. [laughter] and...
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eastern on america in the courts. coming this fall, entered the home to america's highest court. the supreme court. all this month, revisit the pears and vegetables we covered this year on c-span 2's book tv. this weekend, the key west literary seminar. go to book tv.org. the phenomenon of facebook. the author of this book on the social networking site and held it toward friends apart. afterwards, it is part of our book to be weakened. >> frank which reflects on 15 years of political columns for " the new york times." that is sunday night on c-span. >> book tv sunday, the future of the american conservative movement with direct mail fund- raiser. >> washington journal continues. >>manu rajoo, is here to talk about all kinds of things that happened in the senate this week. let's start off with an item you wrote about yesterday, the sergeant at arms tells the senators to be aware of their tempers going into some of these town hall meetings. tell us about that. guest: they are responding to these news reports of the town hall meetings getting quite disrupted. the sergeant at arms, n
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that's america. that's america. [applause] >> the liberal, on the other hand, sacrifices the value of the individual for what they call the common good, for the state, for the collectivist good, in their mindkn@@@@@@@@ @r >> they believe we as individuals are not smart enough to make those millions of decisions every day of what is best for us in consumption, healthcare, for their families. they can plan better for every contingency from birth, mid life, death and healthcare. we see that right now in this massive radical legislation, probably the most sweepingly radical collectivist legislation in decades that could alter the course of america's future. we talk at length and we have heard about of course the healthcare bill and cap and trade. those collectivist liberals believe they can sit and plan very cavely every possible contingency for your healthcare. , for your children's healthcare. they know better than we can. it took a lot of work for them to come one a plan. one single plan for everyone of us. ou that.
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in the end america is pragmatic about immigration after having vicious fights about it. it tends to be the case that at times rising prosperity, not surprisingly, people are more open to flows of immigrants and when they are feeling economically pressed, they tend to worry more. that unfortunately from frank's point of view and ana's point of view doesn't bode well because we are hardly in a time of economic security. i suppose this is a very -- you can't even call it good news, but changes the debate because considering -- yeah, may be a reversed flow because of of the economic downturn. all you need to solve the problem is a big economic crash, i guess. probably reduce global warming emissions, too. >> there you go. yes? >> you are right about the economic insecurity and feelings toward immigration, of course. but what it allows the obama administration to do that they really step up is to frame this. it is about the 12 million who are here. are we going to deport them or make them taxpayers and have them work toward citizenship so they fulfill their responsibility of
in the end america is pragmatic about immigration after having vicious fights about it. it tends to be the case that at times rising prosperity, not surprisingly, people are more open to flows of immigrants and when they are feeling economically pressed, they tend to worry more. that unfortunately from frank's point of view and ana's point of view doesn't bode well because we are hardly in a time of economic security. i suppose this is a very -- you can't even call it good news, but changes the...
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the unemployment rate in america has grown more than 20%. newark has grown about 14% which is unacceptable. we will still focus on the potential of our city and their community in the 21st century economy. we are working on innovative ways. any challenge in our nation's history has been a challenge to the imagination of the people. we are trying to empower our people to succeed. whether we open up our financial empowerment programs where we get millions of dollars back from the federal government in earned tax credit money, it used to go unclaimed. whether it is finding ways to help residents get jobs or start businesses, we started a very aggressive loan fund with banks and traditional lenders when they retreated, we put forward in the city, making millions of dollars of loans and opening up many businesses from pediatric dentistry to coffee shops and ice-cream shops. local residents are providing jobs. we have attracted the new economy. we believe the future of america will include green dreams. we have attracted three solar companies. new
the unemployment rate in america has grown more than 20%. newark has grown about 14% which is unacceptable. we will still focus on the potential of our city and their community in the 21st century economy. we are working on innovative ways. any challenge in our nation's history has been a challenge to the imagination of the people. we are trying to empower our people to succeed. whether we open up our financial empowerment programs where we get millions of dollars back from the federal...
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health care expenditures in america. hospital care -- this is total national spending on health care. our nation already spends $746 billion on hospital care. $508 billion on physician services. other personal care services is $236 billion. home health care is $64 billion. prescription drugs is $235 billion. administration and insurance profits is $165 billion. research and facility investment is $152 billion. that is a lot of money. national health spending by a source. for those who don't think we do much, we do quite a bit. federal government spends $810 billion on healthcare. state and local governments spend $290 billion on healthcare. private insurance is $278 billion. >> medical expenditures, this is where your tax dollars go under the existing plans. about $157 billion for hospitals. insurance plans is $98 billion. prescription drugs is $48 billion. nursing homes is $24 billion. administrative expenses is $6 billion. where does the money come from? medicare revenues. [crowd shouting] >> payroll taxes is $198 bill
health care expenditures in america. hospital care -- this is total national spending on health care. our nation already spends $746 billion on hospital care. $508 billion on physician services. other personal care services is $236 billion. home health care is $64 billion. prescription drugs is $235 billion. administration and insurance profits is $165 billion. research and facility investment is $152 billion. that is a lot of money. national health spending by a source. for those who don't...
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build engineers in america and scientists in america, and skilled technicians in america. all these pieces and at fitting together, energy and innovation, healthcare and education. these are the pillars of the new foundation we have to build. this is how we will not just rescue the economy, but we will rebuild it stronger than before. there are a lot of people out there who are looking to defend the status quo. there are those who want to see political advantage, they want to oppose these efforts. some of them caused the problems in the first place and then they are blaming others for it. [applause] they don't want to be constructive, they just want to get the usual political fights back and forth. sometimes that is fed by the cable chatter in the media, but we know the truth. we know that even in the hardest times against the toughest on its, we have never surrendered. -- against the toughest odds. we have always indoor and worked hard, and we have fought for our future. -- we have always endured. that is the tradition of america. this country was not built by complaining
build engineers in america and scientists in america, and skilled technicians in america. all these pieces and at fitting together, energy and innovation, healthcare and education. these are the pillars of the new foundation we have to build. this is how we will not just rescue the economy, but we will rebuild it stronger than before. there are a lot of people out there who are looking to defend the status quo. there are those who want to see political advantage, they want to oppose these...
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enough to keep this technology here in america, based in america rather than another country. a lot of this will be very fungible. i do not want to import energy. i do applaud, again, the american recovery and reenlistment -- reinvestment act. we wanted us to have a major impact on this issue. this is a major step forward on an electric cars and batteries. i do worry that we may be missing the opportunity for allowing our markets to -- >> your concern is very well founded and were now by recent history. the technology behind the photovoltaic cell was developed here, and now other countries have the lead in developing that technology. the technology behind the prius battery was developed in the u.s., and now it is commercialized elsewhere. we need to keep the technology is here. programs like the one announced yesterday, programs like the bill in the house, are essential to make sure the united states leads to clean energy revolution. quickset think americans would be surprised to learn that that technology -- >> i think americans would be surprised to learn that that technolog
enough to keep this technology here in america, based in america rather than another country. a lot of this will be very fungible. i do not want to import energy. i do applaud, again, the american recovery and reenlistment -- reinvestment act. we wanted us to have a major impact on this issue. this is a major step forward on an electric cars and batteries. i do worry that we may be missing the opportunity for allowing our markets to -- >> your concern is very well founded and were now by...
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that reflects america. a lot more than what we have seen covered on television for the last few days. [applause] i want to thank you for coming here today in that spirit. now, before i take questions i just want to talk briefly about what health insurance reform will mean for you. we still have work to do in congress. bills are not finalized, but i just want you to understand about 80% of this has already been agreed to. here are the basic principles that folks are talking about. first, health insurance reform will mean a set of common sense, the consumer protections for folks with health insurance. said those of you who have health insurance, this is what it will mean. insurance companies will no longer be able to cancel your coverage because he gets sick. that is what happened to katie. [applause] that can happen anymore. if you do the responsible thing, if you pay your premiums each month so you are covered in case of a crisis, when crisis conseque have a heart attack or your husband finds out he has can
that reflects america. a lot more than what we have seen covered on television for the last few days. [applause] i want to thank you for coming here today in that spirit. now, before i take questions i just want to talk briefly about what health insurance reform will mean for you. we still have work to do in congress. bills are not finalized, but i just want you to understand about 80% of this has already been agreed to. here are the basic principles that folks are talking about. first, health...
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we have gained insight into america's teenage culture. perhaps the most important findings from so many years of teenage surveys are these. a child who gets to age 21 without smoking, without using illegal drugs, and without using alcohol is virtually certain never to do so. the greatest influence on children is parents. no one has greater power to influence teens decisions then that teen's mother and father. this sounds an alarm to parents of teens who drink. mom and dad, if your teen drinks, the odds are your teen is getting drunk. 2/3 of teens who drink once a month get drunk once a month. the latest survey fundown 44% of 9-12 grade students had a drink in the last month. this year's survey also identifies some parents who have become enablers of their teenagers' smoking, drinking, and drug use. they send their teenagers that that is okay to smoke, drink, and use drugs. fathers who are ok with their 12-17 year-old drink alcohol are apparent in a bowlers. so our mothers and fathers to expect their children to use drugs and acquiesce in
we have gained insight into america's teenage culture. perhaps the most important findings from so many years of teenage surveys are these. a child who gets to age 21 without smoking, without using illegal drugs, and without using alcohol is virtually certain never to do so. the greatest influence on children is parents. no one has greater power to influence teens decisions then that teen's mother and father. this sounds an alarm to parents of teens who drink. mom and dad, if your teen drinks,...
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she has shown that life can be bright in america. the only girl in a family of four brothers, mary robinson learned what it takes to make sure all voices are heard. she was the first woman elected president of ireland before being appointed u.n. high commissioner for human rights. when she travelled abroad as president, she would place a light in her window that draw people of irish descent to pass by. mary robinson has not only shown a light on human suffering, but eliminated a better future for our world. after graduating from the university chicago school of medicine in 1948, janet ragot married and gave birth to four sons, making medicine a hobby and making family her job. a decade later, she discovered hunched over her dining room table that leukemia cells are notable for changes in their genetics. it showed cancer is genetic and transformed how we fight the disease. all of us have been touched in some way by cancer, including my family. we can all be thankful that what began as a hobby became a life's work for janet. it is fami
she has shown that life can be bright in america. the only girl in a family of four brothers, mary robinson learned what it takes to make sure all voices are heard. she was the first woman elected president of ireland before being appointed u.n. high commissioner for human rights. when she travelled abroad as president, she would place a light in her window that draw people of irish descent to pass by. mary robinson has not only shown a light on human suffering, but eliminated a better future...
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the car and battery pack are made in america. we are doing the finishing touches to make certain we have our production tools ready. and that we have tested the battery pack and that will last 10 years, 150,000 miles in the car. it will probably also have a life after the car. host: when will it be insurance? guest: november 2010. stay tuned for a lot of activity during 2010 with the focus on cars, culture -- we will expose this car to customers across the nation to get their feedback. to make sure that the volt will be a delight. host: how much of the car will be made in the united states? guest: we do not have the exact figures, but the assembly plant is in detroit. the battery plant is in michigan. all of the engineers really are headquartered in the detroit area, as well as some support from global resources. it is also a jobs plan. when you look to the future will police the in additional 300 billion bugles on the planet. we need such a solution. host: do you know what the pricing will be yet? guest: we typically priced cars
the car and battery pack are made in america. we are doing the finishing touches to make certain we have our production tools ready. and that we have tested the battery pack and that will last 10 years, 150,000 miles in the car. it will probably also have a life after the car. host: when will it be insurance? guest: november 2010. stay tuned for a lot of activity during 2010 with the focus on cars, culture -- we will expose this car to customers across the nation to get their feedback. to make...
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this is not the socialist party of america. is the democratic party and you find that people want free markets in general. in the case of the progressives, the emphasis is on a human needs. these are not things that are at war with each other. they are not competing with each other. >> thank you very much. we have tried to take a close look at congress matters about who is voting with the larger democratic caucus and who deviates from that most often. the data is that it tends to be blue dogs and more conservative. you make the point that in almost no case, over the long term, is anybody boating more with republicans than democrats. it is sometimes difficult to gauge that because a great number of the votes are overwhelmingly in favor of things like suspension bills that will tend to boost the numbers. i think it is fair to say that people who are observing, more casually or close the, will find the blue dogs find themselves on the opposite side of where progress of the observers are. i do think it is interesting to note the di
this is not the socialist party of america. is the democratic party and you find that people want free markets in general. in the case of the progressives, the emphasis is on a human needs. these are not things that are at war with each other. they are not competing with each other. >> thank you very much. we have tried to take a close look at congress matters about who is voting with the larger democratic caucus and who deviates from that most often. the data is that it tends to be blue...
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. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [applause] i would like to welcome the congressman here to whitehall -- sorry about that. we appreciate him here today and an opportunity to share our questions and our comments. if i may refer to the sheik your handed when you came in. -- referred to the cheesheet you were handed when you walked in. no posters or signs are present here in the building. everyone will respect each other. no disruptions while we are speaking. there will be no talking over each other. everyone -- i am sorry. those who wanted to speak did fill out the sheet when they came in. there is a lottery. my guess is that if you're able to be brief in your comments, probably more will be heard. just bear that in mind. there is a two-minute limit. there is a warning. when two minutes is up, someone will pinch me and i will say, time is up. thank you. >> i apologize. i know many of you will like the opportunity to speak today. we will not be able t
. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [applause] i would like to welcome the congressman here to whitehall -- sorry about that. we appreciate him here today and an opportunity to share our questions and our comments. if i may refer to the sheik your handed when you came in. -- referred to the cheesheet you were handed when you walked in. no posters or signs are present here in the...
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so wake up america. it's a new day. time for a change. thank you. host: on the independent line, charles from houston, texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. what i want to talk about is i remembered when clinton tried to do the health care, the health care accounted for about 9% of the gdp. now it's about 20%. say president obama fails to do the health care and in the another 10 years it's going to account for 30% of the gdp. 30%. for every one dollar generated in this country, 30 cents will go to health care. and then not to talk about the defense spending, which will be about 50%. then you're left with 20% to do the roads, the school, the whatever you can, the environment and on and on. these are the things we need to do just for our economic health we need to get this health care under control. if not, well, we could always look at china. i mean, this country has the government taking care of people. that's why the health care is not being tacked on the economy. host: the republican line from california. hi, jenny. caller: hi. thank you fo
so wake up america. it's a new day. time for a change. thank you. host: on the independent line, charles from houston, texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. what i want to talk about is i remembered when clinton tried to do the health care, the health care accounted for about 9% of the gdp. now it's about 20%. say president obama fails to do the health care and in the another 10 years it's going to account for 30% of the gdp. 30%. for every one dollar generated in this country, 30 cents...
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i recall for you america -- all bomb was inside into what america as you in return. banks are warranted but not nearly enough. my friends, you have served our country and fought to preserve our liberties. now is the time for your nation to help you. u.s. current health care and the other benefits that you were promised. this much is very clear. what all of us understand is that america has a long way to go before we can mark our promise to you paid in full. we must do better and we can do better, and i think our president and congress are saying that we will do better. our nation's honor and security are at stake. this is the main reason that i returned to you this afternoon. i wanted to report on some progress that we are making in washington and we're keeping our promises to you. many of the things that we have worked on actually came out of meetings and concerns that you have had an request to me, request that you have had in the past. it is my job to take those concerns back to the congress and be a voice. it is not enough for you just to hear from me. i need to
i recall for you america -- all bomb was inside into what america as you in return. banks are warranted but not nearly enough. my friends, you have served our country and fought to preserve our liberties. now is the time for your nation to help you. u.s. current health care and the other benefits that you were promised. this much is very clear. what all of us understand is that america has a long way to go before we can mark our promise to you paid in full. we must do better and we can do...
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the only more malcontent people in america than left-wing, enters on blogs are left wing collars on the c-span morning show. one of them called in and said there is no one in congress agitating for the fairness doctrine. name names. john kerry did about a month ago. three weeks ago nancy pelosi was blocking -- who is the little control in the senate? not barbara boxier, the other one. they are blocking republican attempts to shut it down, while at the same time appointing people through the fcc to put it back in. we have to be vigilant. >> i live in the snake pit called new jersey have the time. we have three republican congressman who voted for cap and trade. being a lifelong republican and a conservative, i feel that it's time to pull the plug on these people. [applause] gíif they are going to be supporting obama and the democrats in congress, we do not need them. when i talk to other republican people, they say we then get jeff andrew. then we have a man who is running for governor who one week prior to announcing for governor refused to say that he was a republican. he absolutely
the only more malcontent people in america than left-wing, enters on blogs are left wing collars on the c-span morning show. one of them called in and said there is no one in congress agitating for the fairness doctrine. name names. john kerry did about a month ago. three weeks ago nancy pelosi was blocking -- who is the little control in the senate? not barbara boxier, the other one. they are blocking republican attempts to shut it down, while at the same time appointing people through the fcc...
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. >> this fall, into the home to america's highest court. from the grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices, "the supreme court, "coming the first sunday in october on c-span. >> president, today praised israel for halting new settlement construction and listening checkpoints on the west bank. he spoke with reporters after meeting with egyptian president hosni mubarak at the white house. this is little more than a half hour. zg=]wgs >> i want to publicly held him for the extraordinary hospitality he shudders when i travel to egypt and deliver my speech at cairo university. it was an extraordinary visit, not only because of a great welcome that i received from the president and the college students who were in attendance, but also having an opportunity to visit the pyramids, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. the united states and egypt have worked together closely for many years. and for many of those years, president mubarak has been a leader and counselor and friend to the united states. we obviously ha
. >> this fall, into the home to america's highest court. from the grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices, "the supreme court, "coming the first sunday in october on c-span. >> president, today praised israel for halting new settlement construction and listening checkpoints on the west bank. he spoke with reporters after meeting with egyptian president hosni mubarak at the white house. this is little more than a half hour. zg=]wgs >> i want...
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that is america. the liberal sacrifices the value of the individual for what they call the common good for the state, the collectivist good in their mind. they've truly believe that they can plan better for us than we can. that we as individuals are not smart enough to make those millions of decisions every day, what is best for us our consumption, health care, our family. they can plan better for every contingency, from birth through midlife for health-care. we see that right now in this massive radical legislation, probably the most sweeping will radical legislation that can alter the course of america's future. we talked -- and you have heard about the health care bill and cap and trade. those liberals believe that they can sit and planned very carefully every possible contingency for your health care, for your mom and dad's health care. they know it all better than we can. it took a lot of work for them to do that, to come up with a plan. one plan for everyone of oz. that popular bill, i want you
that is america. the liberal sacrifices the value of the individual for what they call the common good for the state, the collectivist good in their mind. they've truly believe that they can plan better for us than we can. that we as individuals are not smart enough to make those millions of decisions every day, what is best for us our consumption, health care, our family. they can plan better for every contingency, from birth through midlife for health-care. we see that right now in this...
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-latin america relations that certainly is not going to gut my administration's policies. [speaking spanish] >> many of the people who work in the united states who live in the shadow, live in the state or come from jalisco, the state. these are people who have migrated to build a better future for their families. all of them, or most of them, have enormously contributed to the american society and the american economy and it is unthinkable to see that the u.s., the main power, the main economic power in the world, disvalues the contribution of mexican laborers and workers. this is not only a good will statement. during our meeting, we handed the delegation the benefits of north america and why the mexican population represents in terms of the population of the united states. the only way to have sustained progress throughout the north american region, especially, is for allowing for the natural economic processes so immigration can happen, this implies the labor mobility that cannot be determined by mandate or decree. this is what we have underscored with president obama
-latin america relations that certainly is not going to gut my administration's policies. [speaking spanish] >> many of the people who work in the united states who live in the shadow, live in the state or come from jalisco, the state. these are people who have migrated to build a better future for their families. all of them, or most of them, have enormously contributed to the american society and the american economy and it is unthinkable to see that the u.s., the main power, the main...
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that is wrong for america. decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not politicians and bureaucrats. tell your members of congress to oppose government-run health care. host: if you are attending or have attended some of the town hall meetings, we want to hear from you. you can upload your comments, or if you take a small camera to your meetings and what to share them with us, you can do so by going to c-span.org. we have had it -- we have set up what we call the health care hub. to get more information on the latest, you can also watch many of the town hall meetings we have covered, and these that we have been showing you this morning, all available on the site. michael is joining us from kill devil hills, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. on the health care thing, a couple of your callers said about we really do not have a bill, which we do not, and everybody is tearing it down. i was thinking it is a larger issue, and i wish the president would present it i
that is wrong for america. decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not politicians and bureaucrats. tell your members of congress to oppose government-run health care. host: if you are attending or have attended some of the town hall meetings, we want to hear from you. you can upload your comments, or if you take a small camera to your meetings and what to share them with us, you can do so by going to c-span.org. we have had it -- we have set up what we call the health care hub. to...
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this spring, i started volunteering with organizing for america. i got involved with the campaign and have stated ball because i believe that we must change this country. -- i have stayed involved. i continue to find barack obama the one public figure in my lifetime who has the vision, ideas, passion, and commitment to bring the change that we must bring to this country. i was trained as a community organizer, and now i am one of 13 lead volunteers in my state. i got involved in the campaign because one man's vision restored my hope for this country. my involvement in health insurance reform is the personal. right now, our system works better for the insurance companies that it does for regular people. that is why i have been organizing people in my community to get health care insurance reform passed in 2009. i am proud to be doing this work. thousands of people in my area have signed on already, and we will keep working. person by person, block by block, until we get it done. [applause] and now is my incredible honor to introduce to do the presid
this spring, i started volunteering with organizing for america. i got involved with the campaign and have stated ball because i believe that we must change this country. -- i have stayed involved. i continue to find barack obama the one public figure in my lifetime who has the vision, ideas, passion, and commitment to bring the change that we must bring to this country. i was trained as a community organizer, and now i am one of 13 lead volunteers in my state. i got involved in the campaign...
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we have seen has helped to depress wages in america. this bill will help the working people here who are hurting. there is a provision in the bill that says they should do research on what medical treatments are effective, and it says explicitly that says that this research on never be used by the government to dictate any procedure or outcomes. it will be information available for people but it says in the bill. now i will be glad to take questions. yes? >> [inaudible] >> anybody who has their hands up, i will acknowledge them. anplease go to the microphone oe i acknowledge it. i will acknowledge to most likely by row. this lady here go ahead. the gentleman in the blue will be next. >> president obama wants to cut costs and give us more choice in health care. if he is serious about doing this in serious about doing this, why isn't there tort reform? [applause] you have more choice of insurance companies if you allow people to buy their insurance anywhere in the united states. if they can go to any state to get their insurance -- r>> th
we have seen has helped to depress wages in america. this bill will help the working people here who are hurting. there is a provision in the bill that says they should do research on what medical treatments are effective, and it says explicitly that says that this research on never be used by the government to dictate any procedure or outcomes. it will be information available for people but it says in the bill. now i will be glad to take questions. yes? >> [inaudible] >> anybody...
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>> is there a poster-racial america? >> it is not posted-raci-racial. >> let's keep i am not that comfortable in some of the so- called -- let's keep it wheel. i'm not a comfortable and some of these so-called chocolate cities in america. let's have the real conversation. the real conversation is let's be honest about the fact that how does racism manifest itself in people's power to push that racism onto someone threw their job? those are the conversations we need to be headihaving. [unintelligible] we have to talk about this issue about how do we shifted the reason incarcerated person. there are rules that each of us has to play. we keep playing checkers instead of chess. i want my organization to get to the [unintelligible] we just slide across the board as keynes, not making any real impact. -- as kings, not making any real impact. play that role and understand that i'm a move that look differently than the other pieces, but there connected to those who are in the criminal justice and two policy. [unintelligible] the
>> is there a poster-racial america? >> it is not posted-raci-racial. >> let's keep i am not that comfortable in some of the so- called -- let's keep it wheel. i'm not a comfortable and some of these so-called chocolate cities in america. let's have the real conversation. the real conversation is let's be honest about the fact that how does racism manifest itself in people's power to push that racism onto someone threw their job? those are the conversations we need to be...
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we look to the america that they will help build tomorrow. the post 9/11 gi bill will tap their creativity and increase their talents and they will be [unintelligible] as responsible citizens. god bless the troops and the veterans, and god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] ♪ ♪ >> you are watching public affairs programming on c-span. coming up in a moment, reporters asked the white house about health care and taxes and we will hear from john kyl and lamar alexander. then a conversation on race in america naand the meeting of obama, gates, and crowley. then a hearing on contractor performance bonuses by the federal government. >> on tomorrow morning's "washington journal" we will speak to tammy darvish about cash for clunkers, then burt folsom on "new deal or raw d eal," and then bill adair joins us. >> starting tuesday, the senate debates the nomination of sotomayor. and this fall, tour the home of the highest court. the supr
we look to the america that they will help build tomorrow. the post 9/11 gi bill will tap their creativity and increase their talents and they will be [unintelligible] as responsible citizens. god bless the troops and the veterans, and god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] ♪ ♪ >> you are watching public affairs programming on c-span. coming up in a moment, reporters asked...
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america needs his leadership again. [applause] i am here tonight to introduce someone who has been a true hero and has never once sought attention for it. congressmen brad miller has represented north carolina's 13th district. [applause] up to the virginia border, rather than telling his whole pyrography which is impressive as hell, running his democratic party at the age of 31, i want you to understand something. no one gets netroots the way brad miller understand the netroots. somebody might remember back into the five there was a big battle that people were involved with before congress to see how the loggers are going to be treated. did we have to register? was there something the legal that we were doing? one morning, i received an e- mail from an unfamiliar source. i would like to talk about campaign finance law and the internet. i think i can help. -brad miller. he did not sit on a committee that had anything to do with this stuff. he was a reader and an occasional diarist. we work together to talk about legislat
america needs his leadership again. [applause] i am here tonight to introduce someone who has been a true hero and has never once sought attention for it. congressmen brad miller has represented north carolina's 13th district. [applause] up to the virginia border, rather than telling his whole pyrography which is impressive as hell, running his democratic party at the age of 31, i want you to understand something. no one gets netroots the way brad miller understand the netroots. somebody might...
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enforce human rights in america. i think brother martin luther king, jr., and brother malcolm x would start turning over in their graves because there's a great disrespect for the human rights movement that started in the 1960's and kind of slowed down. there was an official visit to america, and there was no publicity behind it. i had the honor of hosting it. the last thing i was left to think about was this. he wondered how the world would perceive racism in america after barack obama was elected. this was in may of 2008, before the election, when he came. and to win for us, he said, the right to be recognized as human beings, they will never seen nothing simple about us, and we will never get the civil rights that we are aspiring for. thank you. [applause] >> i will be very brief. malcolm x tried to take america before the united nations in the 1960's, as you know. so that precedent has already been set. the human rights movement certainly did not start in the 1960's. it had a powerful expression, but that goes wa
enforce human rights in america. i think brother martin luther king, jr., and brother malcolm x would start turning over in their graves because there's a great disrespect for the human rights movement that started in the 1960's and kind of slowed down. there was an official visit to america, and there was no publicity behind it. i had the honor of hosting it. the last thing i was left to think about was this. he wondered how the world would perceive racism in america after barack obama was...
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but a lot of small towns in america have budgetary problems. and with litigation in those areas, they would not be reimbursed from state and federal governments from eeoc claims and housing claims. that is behind hesitation in some of the small towns to change it. so, we have to do something on the state and national levels to get this done, and it comes down to education. educating people to know why you want these things, why we want these things. we want to step up, be included at the table with decision making. and we deserve it, quite honestly, because we handsomely contribute to the bottom line in state and local and even national community. that is all i have to say. guest: that is such a great point. i wish so often that people could know exactly what you have just said. i wish they could no that we just want to stop fighting for this stuff. we really want to get past the so we can help -- so we can find in afghanistan and iraq, put all of the energy into climate change, fixing the terrible things better going wrong with our environment
but a lot of small towns in america have budgetary problems. and with litigation in those areas, they would not be reimbursed from state and federal governments from eeoc claims and housing claims. that is behind hesitation in some of the small towns to change it. so, we have to do something on the state and national levels to get this done, and it comes down to education. educating people to know why you want these things, why we want these things. we want to step up, be included at the table...
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it is america of this, it has to be american that. don't people realize that we all came to this country as foreigners? our country -- our grandparents, are parents? my parents and father worked very hard. i work very hard. if i have a subaru, why is my car less a clunker than somebody else's, than a chevrolet? it is just -- i do not know. i watched the show the other day and we were talking about segregation which immigrants. my parents were immigrants. they came here and worked very hard. 97% of your audience come from immigrants. host: wilmington, illinois. caller: we need more jobs for americans and we need to retire the federal debt, and i would like to see all 1% tax on all imports, including important services, and i would like to see it go 1% a month until the federal budget is balanced. they could use that revenue to buy back federal debt held by foreigners. that is my comment. host: eighth photograph this morning of -- a photograph this morning of corazon aquino. she is revered for helping rebuild democracy. but it was the i
it is america of this, it has to be american that. don't people realize that we all came to this country as foreigners? our country -- our grandparents, are parents? my parents and father worked very hard. i work very hard. if i have a subaru, why is my car less a clunker than somebody else's, than a chevrolet? it is just -- i do not know. i watched the show the other day and we were talking about segregation which immigrants. my parents were immigrants. they came here and worked very hard. 97%...
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, and green technology cars being built in america. really encouraging manufacturing in america. is there a parallel between encouraging u.s. manufacturing and pumping that up as well as the provisions put in the bill by members of congress? guest: with respect to green jobs in the energy industry, the president is flying to one of our strengths. we have an advantage in energy technology. frankly, we do not need by america to do well in those industries. when we looked at by america, we say okay, fine, but overseas i want to sell american and we cannot do that if we throw up barriers. host: a choice. danny, democratic line. caller: good morning. i have a comment and a question for your guest. i moved to nashville 20 years ago. we have very few mexican and central american immigrants. now we have a lot. drive-by construction sites, it is mostly immigrants, legal or not. industries like meatpacking, where jobs used to pay $17 an hour, now paying minimum wage. my question to your guest, what opposition do you have from shifting the focus
, and green technology cars being built in america. really encouraging manufacturing in america. is there a parallel between encouraging u.s. manufacturing and pumping that up as well as the provisions put in the bill by members of congress? guest: with respect to green jobs in the energy industry, the president is flying to one of our strengths. we have an advantage in energy technology. frankly, we do not need by america to do well in those industries. when we looked at by america, we say...
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is it one of the reasons america has not focused on the borders in america? is that a new form of imperialism? guest: let me answer the second part first. i do believe is a new form of imperialism, this system of -- if you look at who was served by colonialism in terms of the wealthy. that continues today. if you look at who was hurt, people of color, women. this has been reinforced by globalization. it is a rebury ending of colonialism. -- it is a reid branding of colonialism. in terms of the free flow of immigrants? i didn't understand the first part of your question. a lot of what we have done with the bergeborder, a lot of these problems were post-nafta. a lot of people have lost their phonfarms and factories, so youe had this influx of people looking for work. that is a feature of globalization, this great migration of people traveling looking for work. you see in africa and latin america. that is a feature of globalization. the workers traveling to find work. host: our next call comes from the virgin islands. go ahead caller: good morning. i see the sub
is it one of the reasons america has not focused on the borders in america? is that a new form of imperialism? guest: let me answer the second part first. i do believe is a new form of imperialism, this system of -- if you look at who was served by colonialism in terms of the wealthy. that continues today. if you look at who was hurt, people of color, women. this has been reinforced by globalization. it is a rebury ending of colonialism. -- it is a reid branding of colonialism. in terms of the...